TFL is totally jacked up for me today

FirstFreedom · October 9, 2006, 09:49 AM

I doubt this'll even post right. Every time I try to post, I get a database error message. Then, get this.... sometimes my post goes through, and sometimes it doesn't, AND when it doesn't go through, as shown by the thread page itself, it STILL shows up as having been posted when I try to post again, and it shows my below the new posts, what the older posts to-date are. In other words, my post is there when I try to re-post but NOT there when just viewing the thread ordinarily. Am I the only one getting this?

**Mike Irwin** · October 9, 2006, 01:43 PM

I didn't notice it when I was posting this morning...

**Bud Helms** · October 9, 2006, 03:25 PM

I too was getting database error messages and slow loading. I just spent 30 minutes deleting duplicate posts in several forums, some of them mine. It seems to have settled down now.

FirstFreedom · October 9, 2006, 05:54 PM

Yes, thank you. It miraculously cleared up an hour or so later. :shrug:

**tyme** · October 9, 2006, 08:55 PM

TFL got more memory Saturday, and rebuilding the indexes got fowled up Sunday night. I didn't notice until mid-morning, but I suspect the broken search index was making the new-post process unreliable. After a post gets committed, it gets indexed for searching. That second part was failing, and vbulletin isn't the most robust web application on the planet. So a problem that should have only affected searching (which is irrelevant because the search index is being rebuilt at the moment, and it'll get to those new posts in a day or so) ended up causing inconsistency across the board.

October 9, 2006, 09:49 AM	#1
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	TFL is totally jacked up for me today I doubt this'll even post right. Every time I try to post, I get a database error message. Then, get this.... sometimes my post goes through, and sometimes it doesn't, AND when it doesn't go through, as shown by the thread page itself, it STILL shows up as having been posted when I try to post again, and it shows my below the new posts, what the older posts to-date are. In other words, my post is there when I try to re-post but NOT there when just viewing the thread ordinarily. Am I the only one getting this?

October 9, 2006, 01:43 PM	#2
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,381	I didn't notice it when I was posting this morning... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

October 9, 2006, 08:55 PM	#5
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	TFL got more memory Saturday, and rebuilding the indexes got fowled up Sunday night. I didn't notice until mid-morning, but I suspect the broken search index was making the new-post process unreliable. After a post gets committed, it gets indexed for searching. That second part was failing, and vbulletin isn't the most robust web application on the planet. So a problem that should have only affected searching (which is irrelevant because the search index is being rebuilt at the moment, and it'll get to those new posts in a day or so) ended up causing inconsistency across the board. __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg)

October 9, 2006, 03:25 PM	#3
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	I too was getting database error messages and slow loading. I just spent 30 minutes deleting duplicate posts in several forums, some of them mine. It seems to have settled down now.

October 9, 2006, 05:54 PM	#4
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	Yes, thank you. It miraculously cleared up an hour or so later. :shrug: